The Jews of the British Crown Colony of Aden - History, Culture, and Ethnic Relations

This volume focuses on the Jewish community of the British Crown Colony of Aden, a community which is mistakenly lumped with Yemenite Jewry. It provides a critical assessment of its history; salient dimensions of its sociopolitical, religious, socioeconomic, cultural and intellectual fabric; insights into the unique quintessential traits that determine the place of the Jewish community of Aden as a cultural and spiritual phenomenon within Yemenite and world Jewry. It also affords a glimpse into the relationship between Jews and Muslims in Aden.
The volume is based on a study of hundreds of yet unpublished legal texts and documentary material.

About the author

Reuben Ahroni, Ph.D. (1973) in Biblical Studies and Semitic Languages, Hebrew Union College, is an Associate Professor of Biblical studies at the Ohio State University. He has published extensively on Bible and Yemenite Jewry. He was born in Aden.

Product details

• Authors: Reuben Ahroni
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1994
• EAN: 9789004101104
• ISBN: 978-90-04-10110-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 246 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 714 g
• Series: Brill's Jewish Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism